A catwalk model is 5ft 9in tall and weighs just 7th 12lbs …. And that is just the average!

The size of today’s models has always been an issue that I have felt very strongly about. I used to like buying magazines such as glamour, but apart from the fact they were a waste of money, I stopped buying them because I decided that the models displayed were not setting a good example, due to the fact they are very different to what we see on a daily bases. Glamour models look this way because they are reflecting on catwalk models. Models should be creating a healthy body image for the world to follow, not an unrealistic one!

They clearly do not reflect the size of an average woman; which in the UK is a 12-14, I reckon catwalk models are about a size 6- if that! Also, I feel it is unfair that all models are so tall. I’m not expecting all models to be my height (a few centimeters under 5 ft), as I know that this is below average, however I feel that they should be the height of the average woman, which is 5 ft 4- much below the average model. I feel as though if they are going to have models above the average height, then they should also have them below the average height.

The majority of the time I don’t mind being the height I am, however I wouldn’t mind growing an extra few inches cause I know that being taller makes you appear slimmer- seeing these stick thin 5ft 9 models really doesn’t help! They set the example for the rest of the world as the celebrity’s copy them, and the public tend to aspire to the celebrities. It is for this reason why I admire people like charlotte church.

I know I have rambled on a bit, but the thing that I am trying to get across is that i feel models should reflect on the average woman rather than the select few, and I don’t feel it is fair to have one extreme and not the other......oh and the same goes for male models!